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SUMMARY:How Hackers Target your Business
DESCRIPTION:Think your small business is too insignificant for cybercriminals?\nThink again. A staggering 43% of all cyber attacks specifically target small businesses\, and the numbers reveal why: hackers see you as the easier target.\n\n\n\nThe reality is sobering:\n\n\n	Over half of small businesses operate with zero cybersecurity protection.\n	82% of ransomware victims are companies under 1\,000 employees with 37% having fewer than 100 staff.\n	6 out of 10 small businesses hit by cyber attacks permanently close within six months.\n	Small companies face malicious emails at nearly triple the rate of large corporations.\n\n\n\nJoin David Hunt\, a former government cybersecurity specialist and founder of a Reading-based IT security firm\, as he pulls back the curtain on how cybercriminals really operate. This eye-opening presentation will reveal:\n\n\n	Why hackers specifically hunt small businesses\n	The actual methods they use to infiltrate your systems (yes we will hack!)\n	Practical\, affordable defenses you can implement immediately\n\nYou'll walk away with actionable strategies from free tools to simple process changes that can dramatically reduce your risk and make your business a harder target. Don't become another statistic.\n\n\n\n \n\nThis educational program is presented by the Reading-North Reading and Wakefield Chambers of Commerce.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; text-align: center\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 20px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Think your small business is too insignificant for cybercriminals?</span></span></div>\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">Think again. A staggering 43% of all cyber attacks specifically target small businesses\, and the numbers reveal why: hackers see you as the easier target.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">The reality is sobering:</span></span>\n\n<ul style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; margin-left: 40px\;">\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 16px\;">Over half of small businesses operate with zero cybersecurity protection.</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 16px\;">82% of ransomware victims are companies under 1\,000 employees&mdash\;with 37% having fewer than 100 staff.</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 16px\;">6 out of 10 small businesses hit by cyber attacks permanently close within six months.</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 16px\;">Small companies face malicious emails at nearly triple the rate of large corporations.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">Join&nbsp\;<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">David Hunt</span>\, a former government cybersecurity specialist and founder of a Reading-based IT security firm\, as he pulls back the curtain on how cybercriminals really operate. This eye-opening presentation will reveal:</span>\n\n<ul style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; margin-left: 40px\;">\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 16px\;">Why hackers specifically hunt small businesses</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 16px\;">The actual methods they use to infiltrate your systems (yes&mdash\;we will hack!)</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 16px\;">Practical\, affordable defenses you can implement immediately</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">You&#39\;ll walk away with actionable strategies&mdash\;from free tools to simple process changes&mdash\;that can dramatically reduce your risk and make your business a harder target. Don&#39\;t become another statistic.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;" />\n<span style="font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">&nbsp\;</span>\n\n<div style="box-sizing: border-box\; outline: 0px\; font-family: &quot\;open sans&quot\;\, arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; text-align: center\;">This educational program is presented by the Reading-North Reading and Wakefield Chambers of Commerce.</div>\n
LOCATION:Presence+Co 557 Main St. Reading\, MA
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URL:https://business.wakefieldareachamber.org/events/details/how-hackers-target-your-business-1187
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